Ohaupo

Ohaupo or Ōhaupō is a rural community in the Waipa District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on State Highway 3, about halfway between Hamilton and Te Awamutu.

Ōhaupō
Rural locality
Aerial photo of Ohaupo in April 1964
Ōhaupō
Location of Ōhaupō
Coordinates: 37.91989°S 175.307465°E / -37.91989; 175.307465
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWaikato
Territorial authorityWaipa District
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode
3803
Area code(s)07
Websitehttps://www.waipadc.govt.nz/

The Ōhaupō area and surrounding Ngāhinapōuri, Te Rore and Harapēpē area were military outposts during the Waikato War and a military fortification was built about one kilometre north of the township in April 1864.[1] Other military fortifications had been built at nearby Ngāhinapōuri, Tuhikaramea and Te Rore four months earlier, in December 1863.[2]

The earliest European settlers in Ōhaupō were Bohemian militiamen from the Pūhoi settlement north of Auckland. As of 2015, many descendants of these militiamen still lived in the area.[3]

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of a breeze at night" for Ōhaupō.[4]

The Ohaupo railway station was a train station on the North Island Main Trunk[5][6] It included a ladies' waiting room, public vestibule, ticket lobby, stationmaster's office, an asphalt platform, goods shed and a 7-room stationmaster's house.[7] In 1927 the station was handling almost 2,700 tons of fertiliser each year.[8]

The Mystery Creek Events Centre east of the township hosts the Southern Hemisphere's largest agricultural event, Fieldays.

Education

Ohaupo School is a co-educational state primary school,[9][10] with a roll of 208 as of March 2020.[11]

Kaipaki School is another co-educational state primary school located east of the township,[12][13] with a roll of 127.[14]

References
  1. "NZ History profile". nzhistory.govt.nz. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  2. Ritchie, Neville. "The Waikato War of 1863-64" (PDF). doc.govt.nz. Department of Conservation.
  3. Swarbick, Nancy. "Waikato places - Te Awamutu". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  4. "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  5. New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  6. Pierre, Bill (1981). North Island Main Trunk. Wellington: A.H&A.W Reed. pp. 289–290. ISBN 0589013165.
  7. "Ohaupo". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. 1902. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  8. "Dairying Industry". The New Zealand Herald. 19 July 1927 – via National Library of New Zealand.
  9. "Ohaupo School Official School Website". ohaupo.school.nz.
  10. "Ohaupo School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  11. "Ohaupo School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  12. "Kaipaki School Official School Website". kaipaki.schoolzone.net.nz. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  13. "Kaipaki School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  14. "Kaipaki School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
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